Blogs

Sweet for farmers- sour for everyone else

February 1, 2010

Coming just days after WTO officials vowed to continue fighting domestic protectionism, here is an example of the harm caused by “protection” sought by vested interests – at the...

“Made in China” means “Made with the rest of the world”

January 20, 2010

The row over China’s domination of the global export market continues to simmer, but...

A lesson in specialisation from Sri Lanka

January 11, 2010

Sri Lankan businesses are finding new ways to carve themselves a niche in markets dominated by cheaper Indian and Chinese products.

Spreading Protectionism in today's FT

January 6, 2010

Good letter from Edin Mujagic in today’s Financial Times highlighting the...

Krugman vs free trade

January 4, 2010

Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Aaron Back is rightly sceptical...

EU ministers fail to give shoe tax the boot

December 22, 2009

After months of flip-flopping, EU Ministers have today shamefully voted to extend the tariffs of up to 16.5 per cent imposed upon Chinese and Vietnamese shoe imports since 2006. The...

The war on trade is starting to hurt

December 11, 2009

It emerged today that China is slapping an import tariff on certain steel goods imported from the U.S. and Russia...

Developing countries must be wary of green protectionism

December 10, 2009

An article in China View today demonstrates the very real danger of rising green protectionism...

Yes, we have no more dumb trade policies on bananas! (sort of)

December 2, 2009

The European Union has finally been forced to lower the tariff on bananas which has been unfairly discriminating against producers in Latin America.

A boost for intra-African trade?

December 2, 2009

The formation of the EAC common market brings new hope for boosting intra-African trade.

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